Telecom Ramblings

This article was authored by Don Sambandaraksa, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

Rail operators run their own communications networks for data signalling and for voice communications.  There comes a point when the cost of maintaining these networks is such that [Read more →]

Looks like the public pressure Comcast has been under over its exemption of Xfinity TV traffic from traffic caps has had an effect. Comcast said today that it was suspending enforcement of its cap and trialing a usage-based plan. Of course Comcast says this has nothing to do with the argument currently raging. [Read more →]

Well, you’ve heard me ramble on in several directions on this subject already, so now it’s time to find out how readers feel.  Comcast is excluding traffic generated by Xfinity TV for the Xbox from its bandwidth caps when it comes to internet service.  Are they playing fair or aren’t they?  The FCC and DOJ will weigh in someday, but in the meantime let’s try a poll: [Read more →]

TW Telecom (NASDAQ:TWTC, news, filings) goes about its business in such an understated way that it’s too easy to miss the interesting bits. This week they had some luck to the west, picking up both a solid enterprise and federal wins. [Read more →]

Time to survey some news this week in the datacenter and cloud sector from IO, Telx, Terremark, Earthlink, and Equinix: [Read more →]

Is Comcast prioritizing its packets? Are they running over a network separate from their internet service? Are they violating the terms agreed to as part of the NBCU purchase? Lots of stuff out there right now that contradicts itself, but the underlying problem is perhaps the that the industry’s vocabulary is just not up to the task. [Read more →]

This is definitely looking like the year 100G goes mainstream, as operators large and small are starting to deploy it for real. This morning it was the independent European metro fiber operator euNetworks (news), which has taken the plunge for its intercity network. [Read more →]

If you thought Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX, news, filings) had satisfied its appetite for inorganic expansion in favor of organic buildouts worldwide, you were wrong. The organic buildouts continue of course, but the giant of the carrier neutral colocation space said this morning that it would acquire Frankfurt-based ancotel, further strengthening its European presence. [Read more →]

Zayo Group (news, filings) is taking on the low latency challenge west of the Mississippi, building on the assets and services it acquired in the 360networks deal to bring Chicago closer to Seattle. They are deploying a newly optimized route, which cuts 100 [Read more →]

With ITW now in full swing, it’s fitting that there’s a whole series of interesting news on the international front to take a quick look through: [Read more →]

Interoute (news) is stepping further outside its usual haunts and adding overseas points of presence to its network. Today the pan-European fiber operator stretched far to the east and announced the addition of a new PoP in Hong Kong, giving it an [Read more →]

Cologix has expanded its US presence via inorganic means by purchasing The Minneapolis Gateway, which lies within 511 11th Avenue South in, as you might have already guessed, Minneapolis MN. [Read more →]

Organic expansions are the order of the day, here’s a quick look at where Sidera, Lightower, Level 3, and Zayo are putting capex to work this week. [Read more →]

A trio of companies are working on a new low latency connection between New York City in Landeyajasandur, Iceland. We’re not talking about a new cable built from scratch, however, but rather a new use for infrastructure that each of the three companies can already bring to the table combined with some newly built enhancements.  [Read more →]

Teliasonera International Carrier added a big, gaudy feather to its cap this morning. Facebook, the social networking giant that will soon go public, has selected the company to build and operate a new pan-European managed optical network. [Read more →]

The music is about to stop, and LightSquared is far from an available chair. Barring another extension, when 2pm rolls around today the erstwhile 4G wholesale disruptor will be in violation of the terms of its debt.  The word is that a deal between Harbinger and LightSquared’s lenders is nowhere close, and preparations are underway [Read more →]

The internet can be a crazy place when governments get involved, whether large or small, friend or foe: [Read more →]

More quick takes on interesting items from the colo sector, which in the last day or two has mostly been overseas: [Read more →]

The sputtering economy in Europe isn’t hurting the fiber business too much, if euNetworks’ first quarter is anything to judge by.  After buying both LamdaNet and TeraGate last summer, the company has been busy integrating the assets while ramping its on-net footprint. [Read more →]

This article was authored by Don Sambandaraksa, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

India has long been a land of many wonders, from Buddhism to the Taj Mahal, and regulator TRAI must rank among them with recent turns of events. [Read more →]

Cisco took a bit of a breather from its resurgence as tech bellweather to throw a bit of a macroeconomic scare into the market yesterday. The general consensus was that their earnings were not bad, and in fact came in a hair above estimates. But forward guidance for EPS of $0.44-0.46 was a few pennies short of projections, and the accompanying commentary [Read more →]

There is no hotter place right now when it comes to new submarine cable plans than Brazil, with multiple projects competing for top billing for bringing big bandwidth to South America. One of those, Seaborn Networks, upped the ante substantially this morning by announcing a major anchor tenant for its proposed [Read more →]

Lots of fiber expansion activity in the news that’s worth a quick look: [Read more →]